typ.ing: A Typing Trainer That Wants You to Plug In a Real Keyboard
typ.ing is a focused typing trainer that emphasizes speed and accuracy with external keyboards. It detects mobile devices and nudges users to connect a physical keyboard, offering a no-frills practice environment. The site is minimal, with a simple prompt to start typing, making it a straightforward tool for keyboard enthusiasts.
typ.ing is an awesome typing trainer, designed to help you get faster and more accurate when typing with an external keyboard.
- Zambyte
As noted in the default test, this site is by ZSA, a keyboard company. Their boards are pricey, but excellent. I have both their Moonlander, which sits on my desk at home, and their Voyager, which I went with quieter key switches (brown rather than blue) for taking on the go. Their boards are very comfortable; I highly recommend considering split, columnar keyboards like what they offer if you spend most of your day at a computer.
As a side, I switched to Dvorak when I first bought my Moonlander about 6 years ago. I have only used split keyboards with Dvorak, and I have only used traditional staggered keyboards with QWERTY. My muscle memory is well isolated between the two, and I have no trouble switching between them (though as it has now been many years since I regularly used a physical QWERTY keyboard, my WPM on one is definitely lower than it used to be).
- baw-bag
I loved it! As soon as I start to do these things, I get stressed and become much worse! Anyone remember the car game where you raced against others by typing? That was fun but forgotten the link.
- albert_e
I very much like the forgiving UI -- you can either go back and correct your mistakes or move on with the typing after mistyping a keystroke.
We can adapt (steal) this idea (thanks vibe coding) and practice our own topcis of interest and learning daily!